A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a personal
interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at
which the matter is considered -

(i)
must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the
interest becomes apparent

and, if the
interest is a disclosable pecuniary
interest, or a personal interest which is also prejudicial

(ii)may not participate in any discussion or
vote on the matter (and must withdraw to the public seating area)
unless they have been granted a dispensation.

A member who discloses at a meeting a
disclosable pecuniary interest which is
not registered in the Members’ Register of Interests, or is
not the subject of a pending notification, must notify the
Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the
disclosure.

Disclosable
pecuniary interests, personal and prejudicial interests are defined
in Part 2 of the Code of Conduct For
Members

[If a member is in any doubt as to whether
they have an interest which should be declared they should seek the
advice of the Monitoring Officer before the start of the
meeting]

Minutes:

There
was no declaration of interest.

12.

Public Participation

An opportunity for members of
the public to make statements or ask questions in accordance with
the rules as to public participation

Minutes:

There was
no public participation.

13.

Consideration of any matter referred to the committee in relation to call-in

The Chairman asked F
Williamson to give a verbal update on the Osborne and Sun Realm
contract from the report that was
presented at Novembers OSC.

F Williamson
explained that it was agreed at the Strategic Core Group meeting
held on 11 Jan 2019 to defer the decision on the year 4 contract
extension due to the fact that the expectations in respect of two
fo the key strategic indicators had not
been fully met. F Williamson explained that by the nature of
strategic indicators they are open to a
degree of interpretation, but it had been agreed that there had
been some issues with the IT interfaces in respect of the quality
of information provided. The performance in the current year, year
5, has demonstrated a number of improvements in these
areas.

Cllr Adeleke asked
if they had provided reasons for the two failed indicators. He
also referred to the reviewing of the contract and asked if they
have interim discussions on it or if it’s just reviewed after the 4
years.

F Williamson said
it’s not that they have failed, its due to the fact that some of the recommendations
from the cost consultants that undertake the audits had not been
fully implemented and therefore it made it more onerous to separate
project costs by block. Also there was some information that had
not been fully interfaced into the Council’s systems and
therefore
the Council wanted to make sure this had been received in
the correct format before a decision on the extension is
made.

F Williamson advised
that the contract mechanism entails an annual
review of performance and on the successful completion of each
individual year, Osborne can earn
another year. To date three additional years have been awarded.

N
Beresford introduced the report explaining that it’sto set out a
proposed revision of licence fees payable by landlords of Houses in
Multiple Occupation (HMOs) in order to meet the statutory
requirements of fee setting. The aim of the report is for members
to provide feedback on the fees schedule for the licensing of HMOs
and associated activities, as set out in the report and
Appendices.

Cllr Pringle
asked if the initial assessment fails how it is down to the council
to manage it.

N Beresford said
that if people fail to comply with the HMO then we look at the
safety of the residents and take on any works that need to
be done to bring the property up to
standards. We will then re charge the property owner, serve
improvement notices, or even give civil penalties. Any income
gained can only be re invested in the
private sector housing.

Cllr Armytage
referred to page 13, could you please explain.

N Beresford said
they liaise corporately and they drill down on funds to undertake a
stock condition survey.